| 词汇 | fail |
| 释义 | fail /fel/ (过去式: failed; 过去完成式: failed; 现在进行式: failing) v.i. To fall short; be lacking. 不足；缺乏。 He just failed of an honor. 他缺乏好的声誉。 Not to succeed. 失败 He failed in his purpose. 他未达成目的。 To prove false, as a prophecy. (预言等被)证明不真实。 To become bankrupt. 破产 Her father's small store failed when the new department store opened nearby. 她父亲的小店因为附近新开了一间百货公司而破产。 To lose strength. 减弱；衰弱。 His spirits fail. 他精神衰弱。 The stream fails in summer. 夏天时小溪水流减弱。 How rapidly he fails! 他衰弱得何其快速！ The odor failed. 气味已消。 v.t. To be wanting or insufficient for; forsake. 不足；舍弃。 My courage failed me. 我勇气不足。 To leave undone. 未能达成；没做。 He failed to appear. 他爽约没来。 He failed to come. 他没能来。 To assign the grade of failure to (a pupil). 给(学生)不及格的分数。 The teacher failed mw on the written paper. 老师给我的报告打不及格的分数。 Fail to see the wood for the trees (=not see the wood for the trees) 见树不见林；顾大不顾小。 n. Failure. 失败。 I’ll pay you tomorrow without fail. 我一定明天准时付钱给你。 A failure (as by a security dealer) to deliver or receive securities within a prescribed period after a purchase or sale. 不按时履行(交易)(证券商人不能于成交后的预定期内交出或收到证券)。 phrases without fail 无误；必定；一定。 synonyms droop, miscarry, disappoint. |
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